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Back to basics

By Sabrina Garone
Published January 4, 2024 at 5:21 PM EST
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A third-grade student reads to the rest of her class. Third-graders are at a particularly delicate moment. This is the year when they must master reading or risk school failure. Everything after third grade will require reading comprehension to learn math, social studies and science. Students who don’t read fluently by the end of third grade are more likely to struggle in the future, and even drop out, studies show.
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A third-grade student reads to the rest of her class. Third-graders are at a particularly delicate moment. This is the year when they must master reading or risk school failure. Everything after third grade will require reading comprehension to learn math, social studies and science. Students who don’t read fluently by the end of third grade are more likely to struggle in the future, and even drop out, studies show.

Today marks the deadline for Connecticut’s automatic admissions program into college. A contract for an offshore wind project off Long Island was terminated yesterday. New Haven could change city codes to help folks create accessory apartments. And Governor Hochul looks to make changes to how New York students are taught to read.

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Sabrina Garone
Sabrina is host and producer of WSHU’s daily podcast After All Things. She also produces the climate podcast Higher Ground and other long-form news and music programs at the station. Sabrina spent two years as a WSHU fellow, working as a reporter and assisting with production of The Full Story.
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